Loom fob weaving- skirt-fbinoke



,PEYERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON..

JAS. BECK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOOM FOR WEAVING SKIRT-FRINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,312, dated August 31, 1858.

To all whom it4 may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES BECK, of thev city, county, and State of New York, Vhave invented a certain new and Improved Loom for Weaving Skirt-F ringe or other Fabrics Vhich Require to be Woven in the Same Manner; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure l is a plan of my invention represented as applied to a loom which may be of any suitable construction; and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the figures. j

My invention relates to mechanism to be employed in connection with any suitable loom for weaving fringes, the said mechanism being intended for forming what is termed the skirt of fringe, or any other fabric requiring a similar mode of operation.

It has heretofore been and is now the general practice to weave that part of fringe called the skirt by mounting two sets of warp threads at a distance apart equal to the intended length of the skirt to be produced, one of the said sets of warps being composed of threads such as are required for forming the web of the fringe, and the other set of warps composed of cotton or other cheap threads. The thread or threads for forming the skirt part of the fringe being mounted in one or more shuttles the weaving proceeds, as in the weaving of any other fabric, whether plain or figured, and by this mode of procedure, the weftthreads` are interwoven with the two sets of warp threads forming two narrow strips of web with the weft threads of the length of the intended skirt of the fringe extending between the two. The fabric is then cut longitudinally along the narrow strip of web formed by the interweaving of the weft thread or threads with the cotton or other inferior warps, thereby liberating that end of the weft thread which is to form the loop part of the skirt of the fringe. This mode of procedure is wasteful of labor and material, as it requires the weaving of a strip of cloth which has to be out away to complete the required fabric.

My said invention consists in cutting the threads forming the skirt fringe on the said rod by combining shears with the said rod by the operation of which the skirt fringe will be cut against the edge of the said rod as the fabric is moved along during the progress of the weaving operation.

In the accompanying drawings a represents ,a metal rod hung at one end by a hinge joint b to the breast beam of the loom, which said loom may be of any kind suited to the weaving of fringe. The said rod passes through the lay, and its rear end passes through the eye or mail of a heddle c of one leaf of the harness so that as that leaf of harness is moved up and down to open and reverse the shed alternately for the passage of the shuttle the rod will be vibrated up and down that the shuttle may pass alternately over and under it and therebyd carry the weft thread around the said ro The warps d and e are to be mounted in any suitable manner well known` to weav ers, and to be operated by heddles in the "usual manner for opening, closing, and reversing the shed for the passage of the shuttle with the weft thread. That part of the rod a which is toward the breast beam is flat and the upper and outer edge made sharp 'to constitute one blade of a shears,- the other portion of the length of the rod is best made round or nearly round. To the upper surface of the fiattened portion of the rod a is hinged one end of a vibrating shear blade f the cutting edge of which is to act in conjunction with the sharpened edge of the rod a to cut the weft threads which extend around the rod a as they are brought to the cutting operation by t-he progress of the weaving operation. The movable shear blade is operated by a connecting rod g which may be actuated at the" required periods either by the hand of the attendant or by some moving part of the loom.

The periods of movement of the shear blade are not material so long as it is operated at intervals sufhciently frequent to prevent too great an accumulation of threads required to be cut. If however it should be desired to produce fringe skirt cut and not cut at certain distances apart, then it will become necessary to operate the shear blade at determined periods to be regulated by the number of picks of the loom. This may be diversified to any extent required, and even so far as to be controlled in the periods of movement by the jacquard when one is fused in weaving figured fringe.

Io insure the shearing the movable blade may be forced down by a spring h, and still further to insure this, the movable end of the shear blade in cutting may be caused to slide under an inclined plane z' on the end of a strong spring arm j, and to relieve the friction and consequent Wear to pass over the said inclined plane onthe return motion.

I have above described the rod a as being operated by a mail or one leaf of harness, but it will be obvious that instead it may be vibrated by a great variety of other equivalent means, such as a treadle, or a cam, or a crank, provided it be vibrated at the required time. And in fact the proposed end may be accomplished Without vibrating the rod provided the shuttle be shifted up and down instead of the rod, so as to pass alternately over and under the rod to carry the vveft thread around the said rod. And although I have described my said invention as applied to the Weaving of skirt fringe, I Wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to such special application, as it is equally applicable to the Weaving of other articles, by Whatever name known, requiring the same mode of operation.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The employment of shears in combination with the rod around which the fringe threads are carried, substantially as described, for the purpose of cutting the said threads on the rod, as set forth. p

JAMES BECK. Witnesses:

WM. H. BISHOP, D. B. TAYLOR. 

